The Sundarbans Forest



The Sundarbans (Indian Sundarbans) which is part of the largest mangrove forest in the world, is home to 428 species of birds, a recent study of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) states.

The publication “Birds of the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve” was released by ZSI.
The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world, lies across India and Bangladesh on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal.
It is adjacent to the border of India’s Sundarbans World Heritage site which was inscribed in 1987.
The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests, and presents an excellent example of ongoing ecological processes.
It is home to many rare & globally threatened wildlife species such as the estuarine crocodile, Royal Bengal Tiger, Water monitor lizard, Gangetic dolphin, and Olive Ridley turtles.